The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-12-08
AROUND THE CAPITOL.
Matters and Things Picked UP il
Tour of the Governmental
Departments.
From Tuesdays Daily

lprOm lueeudy
Chartered yesterday: Oleander Coun
Gil of Chosen Friends, Galveston. Henke's
Artesian Ice company, of Houston; CAPT
tai, $4,000. Mayer Hose Company No.
3, of Temple, Texas; incorporators: o.
p. Smith, W. Z. Willis, f. P. coleman, j.
P. Stansell and W. w. Griffith. The Tex
arkana Gaslight company; capital stock,
$4,000.
The treasury receipts yesterday were
$4,000.
The bond of M. j. Hickey, tax collec-
tor of Brazoria county, was approved by
the COMPTROLLER yesterday.
THE CAPITOL BOARD.
There was a meeting of the capitol
board yesterday morning, with all the
members present. Governor Ross said
he had called the meeting to see what
progress had been made, if the architects
we're ready to report, to ascertain if they
desired any assistance, and to inform the
board that not complaint of any kind
had been brought to him. There were no
complaints, unless eight questions which
had been published in the Evening Dis
patch. Governor Lubbock said all this
was newspaper talk, had 10 back
ing, and the board should not
waste time upon 1t. General Hogg
concurred in this. Governor Ross thought
there should be the fullest investigation
of everything, and he desired the COM
missioners and superintendent to report
specifically upon each of the questions,
and he wished the architects to do like
wise. The commissioners stated that
they would furnish the required informa-
ton, and General Walker said Mr.. Har-
rod had spoken to him, and that during
the course of their work all the points
raised would be investigated and reported
upon. Governor Ross said a seeming
complaint had been made about com
plants being sent to him. He would guar
antee that every complaint filed would
be laid before the experts just as it came
to him. Governor Lubbock said great
deal of this hue and cry arose from the
fact that outside people did not know that
the changes made from time to time were
ordered by the board. The commissioners
and General Walker denied that any stone,
cemented through with shellac, had been
laid in the walls.
Mr.. WIlke thought that, as an act OF
| Justice to him, all complaints should be
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for receiving complaints was extended to
Wednesday at II O'clock. The architects
announced that they were not ready to
report, and the meeting adjourned.
From Wednesdays Daily.l
Treasury receipts yesterday amounted
to $25, 900, and disbursements about $4,000
Comptroller's deposits amounted to
$28,S65.
The comptroller yesterday purchased
$4,000 of Lipscomb county court house
bonds for the permanent school fund.
The tax sale of lands in unorganized
counties began yesterday, and will be
continued daily by the comptroller until
the list is completed.
The governor yesterday refused to
further interfere in the case of Cruz
Rodriguez, sentenced to be hanged for
murder in Wade county on Friday next
The architects will probably be ready to
report on Thursday next.
The steamship Elicia, from Palyrma
arrived in New Orleans few days ago
with $50 Italians direct from the cholera
district. She was placed in quarantine
by the Louisiana authorities, but
DR.. Rutherford, not liking the situation;
sent vigorous protest to the Louisiana
board of health, and demanded that each
and every article coming from the vessel
should be stamped so that he cOuld rec
ognize it. He asked the fullest assistance
of DR.. Holt, and at the same time served
notice on all railroads and steamship
lines coming into Texas, not to receive
any of these people to be brought into
Texas without his consent. DR.. Ruther
ford is fully alive to the Importance OF
the threatened danger, and proposes to
use all means possible to protect the
state. The governor fully endorses DR.
Rutherford's action.